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Dumontier: Stroll sparked fresh interest in F1 in Canada

Lance Stroll may be struggling this year with a woeful Williams, but this has not detracted Canadian race fans from wanting to see the teenager in action on home soil this weekend, in fact his presence is creating the kind of stir that once the Villeneuves, first Gilles and then his son Jacques, did in their heyday Canadian Grand Prix President and CEO Francois Dumontier confirmed that the grandstands are sold out for the weekend and he expects a full-house at the Ile Notre Dame on race day. He told reporters in Montreal, 'Sure, the fans are not as crazy as they were back in the Gilles and Jacques Villeneuve era, but there is pride in the fact that Canada has another Formula 1 driver in...
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